…Thanks for your lovely Christmas address. I especially appreciated the idea of finding the stillness at the heart of Christmas & will do my best to spread kindness as you suggested.

            The puppies are crying so I only have a couple of minutes to share my thoughts with you….

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  “No joke!” You got that right! Elliott, the bomb cyclone that is threatening half of the country is “no joke.” According to weather.com it’s “hammering” the Midwest right now….

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…How was your visit with Volodynyr Zelensky? Did he give you some pointers on how to work the media? Did you notice his magnificent publicity moves yesterday? His best was his wardrobe choice – battle fatigues rather than the conventional suit & tie…

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…I was intrigued to learn that menorahs are put in windows so everyone will know that the holiday is being observed. According to NPR reporter, Deena Prichep,  “There is a phrase in the Talmud - pirsumei nisa - that tells Jews to publicize the miracle…

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…I hope that when you meet with Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso (GASLM) you remind him of the importance of respecting Leonidas Iza Salazar, President of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) who was detained in June because his peeps were protesting….

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…Was Morocco’s king at the summit this week? If so, did you request that he refrain from interfering with government affairs & the press? The eyes of the world are on the soccer team, so the king could implement some reform to attract some foreign investments….

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…Samia Suluhu Hassan (SSH) of Tanzania. According to Time, “her leadership has been a tonic… A door has opened for dialogue between political rivals, steps have been taken to rebuild trust in the democratic system…

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…I was excited to see Kalkidan Tadesse with Jill at the podium. She was representing the Young African Leaders Initiative, but I couldn’t find out much about her. Please do more to lift up African women!…

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…thanks for signing the Respect for Marriage Acts into law yesterday. How wonderful that you could be joined by 5000 folks on a chilly day. It was nice of Cindy Lauper to show up & sing True Colors…

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…    kids in BIPOC schools are being forced to enroll in classes aimed at recruiting them into the military. I do not want my tax $$ used to brain-wash kids into thinking that military service is good for them. …Please put a stop to funding JROTC in high schools….

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…It IS nice to see a bipartisan bill pass. Please extend your gratitude to WY Sen Cynthia Loomis (R) for her courage in voting in favor & to KLM(I) for convincing her to do so….

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…did you see the Reuters article about the Buddhist monk, Wathawa who is leading a militia? It’s a reminder of how knotty conflicts can be….

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…1) Senator Ralph Warnock! Fantastic news!!!! According to the NYT, ‘he likened voting to a “prayer for the world we desire,” and called democracy the “political enactment of a spiritual idea,” that everyone has a divine spark… (& has) the ability to do both the poetry and the prose of politics.” …

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…The Congressional Ball? According to your schedule, you & Jill are hosting that tonight, yet there’s no news of it on-line. Could I come?…

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Tania León is the kind of the person we should be uplifting, a pioneering talent who persisted despite barriers put in her way due to her gender, race & ethnic background… her compositions became polyrhythmic incorporating beats from Africa & Latina America into her classical scores….

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